#4E49A0#4E49A0

#4E49A0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.137 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E49A0
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 160)
HSL	hsl(243, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(243, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 54.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, 26.48, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 53.76, 299.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.0287 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.137 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8677, 8.9222, 34.3477)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E49A0 #9BA049

analogous

#496FA0 #4E49A0 #7949A0

triadic

#4E49A0 #A04E49 #49A04E

tetradic

#4E49A0 #A0496F #9BA049 #49A079

square

#4E49A0 #A0496F #9BA049 #49A079

split-complementary

#4E49A0 #A07949 #6FA049

monochromatic

#25234C #3A3676 #4E49A0 #6F6BBB #9895CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#4E49A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#4E49A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E49A0

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E49A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E49A0	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1957A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10519E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e49a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.137 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867cbd',
    500: '#4e49a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e49a0;
$custom-light: #867cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e49a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.448,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4575,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E49A0

secondary

#B8BB8A

accent

#CD5AC7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0C0912

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E49A0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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